Over 40% of Singaporeans think they will never achieve financial freedom: Singlife poll

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  • Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
  • According to a survey of 3,000 Singaporeans and permanent residents aged 18 to 65, more than four in 10 people said they may never be able to achieve financial freedom. In this year's Singlife Financial Freedom Index, respondents believed they need around $612,000 to be financially free -- 8% more than last year's figure -- and it would take them 30 years to accumulate that amount. Meanwhile, four in five surveyed said they aim to retire by 65, with most saying they need more than $2,800 a month to live comfortably. Dr Aurobindo Ghosh, director of the SMU Financial Literacy, Inclusion and Technology Programme, discussed the findings.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 256

  • @amandaleona
    @amandaleona 17 днів тому +37

    I mean, forget about financial freedom, just the thought of owning a house to live in is inconceivable.

    • @YENNEE-fs9wz
      @YENNEE-fs9wz 15 днів тому

      每个新加坡人民
      都能财务自由
      看你要不要先苦后甜而已
      我年轻时候
      一个月只花五十块,伙食费
      (住宿!有𠂆车不花钱)
      工资!全部存进去定期存款
      赚利息
      錢生錢
      简单说就是
      低配生活!高配灵魂

  • @quad6752
    @quad6752 17 днів тому +17

    Our ministers has achieved the highest salaries in the world but not its citizens

    • @YENNEE-fs9wz
      @YENNEE-fs9wz 15 днів тому +2

      只说!部长工资高
      不说!他她为国家赚多少錢回来
      你有这本事
      你可去做部长
      又没人说!你不可以做
      在问一下你
      周公子和部长!谁的工资高

    • @CattleFarmer667
      @CattleFarmer667 15 днів тому +2

      @@YENNEE-fs9wz Welcome to Singapore. Some people here complain everyday but never emigrate.

    • @YENNEE-fs9wz
      @YENNEE-fs9wz 15 днів тому

      @@CattleFarmer667 谢谢你

    • @Fan-zx1lz
      @Fan-zx1lz 11 днів тому +1

      ​@@CattleFarmer667Because they don't have an option to move away.

  • @Kaizen023
    @Kaizen023 17 днів тому +80

    That is meant to be by design. The government needs to keep you fed just well enough but always left wanting for more and never enough for financial freedom so that you can continue to work, work and work until you die. If everyone achieves financial freedom, who is left to do all the work? Work in army, police, scdf, civil service, banking, manufacturing, etc?
    Whether PAP or opposition doesn’t matter. They all eventually turn out to be the same. Just wolves in different skin. You are the sheep. You are meant to work, give up your wool while alive and your meat when you die.
    The sooner one understands this, the sooner one stops looking towards the government for answers. Don’t be deceived by those in opposition telling you otherwise. Who do you think will be paying for all those socialistic welfares that all the oppositions promise in their manifesto? Us sheeps of course.
    Learn to break the cycle on your own and become a wolf yourself. Or at least a sheep in wolf skin.

    • @anglo-saxonconnor817
      @anglo-saxonconnor817 17 днів тому +2

      👍

    • @kengleetan63
      @kengleetan63 17 днів тому

      Locals are too daft to be wolves. And some may be wolves in sheep skin, the majority more than 60% are confirmed sheeps, taking the data from the pervious election result!🤣🤣🤣😆😆

    • @DarzTheGreat
      @DarzTheGreat 16 днів тому +1

      TOTALLY AGREE!! The Bigger your commitment to your mortgage/kids, the larger the rat race!!

    • @YENNEE-fs9wz
      @YENNEE-fs9wz 15 днів тому

      所以呢!
      新加坡人都可财务自由
      只要先苦后甜
      简单说
      低配生活 高配灵魂
      问心无愧
      不欠任何钱!人情债

    • @private6708
      @private6708 15 днів тому +1

      well said 👏

  • @pheunthai
    @pheunthai 17 днів тому +8

    I'm a professional and I'm still working at the age of 60. I used to think that I should be able to at least retire partially and work part-time when I reach 55, but realized that was not possible when I was 55. Now at 60, I don't see myself being able to retire anytime soon. Mind you. I live humbly. In a HDB flat and eat at hawker centres. Yes I do go for holidays now and again, but to nearby places like Malaysia and Thailand.

  • @choonhockong8215
    @choonhockong8215 17 днів тому +7

    Older retirees, especially those who have less than 100k in their retirement, are now facing financial difficulties, especially retirees who are having chronic illness. They have to spend high medical fees and expensive food, utilities, transport etc.

  • @TonyAlizzi
    @TonyAlizzi 17 днів тому +4

    So many Singaporeans think they will retire in Australia. The doors are closed.

  • @diypromax
    @diypromax 18 днів тому +8

    Who be the Pm also no use, majority people said they choose the pap party but only getting more and more sufferings and problems from the pap party always of course.

  • @diypromax
    @diypromax 18 днів тому +16

    Also majority people said the pap party run out of land to build hdb flats and run out of road for cars, but the pap party still dare to allow non singaporeans to buy hdb flats.

    • @leanne2330
      @leanne2330 17 днів тому +1

      Who are the majority?

  • @yapnyukling9896
    @yapnyukling9896 16 днів тому +2

    The real problem is the inflationary pressure!

  • @martinbrock713
    @martinbrock713 18 днів тому +15

    A recent survey by Singlife has revealed that more than two in five people in Singapore believe they will never achieve financial freedom based on their current financial trajectory.

    • @YENNEE-fs9wz
      @YENNEE-fs9wz 15 днів тому

      新加坡人
      人人可以财务自由
      简单说
      低配生活 高配灵魂

  • @martindawn934
    @martindawn934 18 днів тому +11

    The survey also explored the long-term financial impact of parenthood, with half of the respondents estimating that more than S$500,000 is required to raise a child in Singapore from birth to age 21, based on a median monthly expense of S$1,918.

    • @munster1404
      @munster1404 16 днів тому

      In Hong Kong, the running meme is that it takes 4 million HKD to raise a child. Looking at our exchange rate, it's about there.

  • @anglo-saxonconnor817
    @anglo-saxonconnor817 17 днів тому +3

    Don't overthink too much. Just get your house as early as you can and finish paying for it in the quickest time as you can so you don't pay more in interest. Then just rent half or your whole house to others and you will definitely have money as well as assets in your life.
    Happiness or comfort is another story though.
    Singapore can be tough and tricky to live in but at the same time it isn't really that tough and tricky to live in at all once you get your basics right.
    My family bought lots of lands before the pap started to exist. Beside that also got will,savings,business, investments,education and decent jobs etc. Material comfort and financial issues have always been the least of my worries in Singapore.

    • @anglo-saxonconnor817
      @anglo-saxonconnor817 17 днів тому

      If you are poor and suffering just read the first paragraph is enough. As it is there fully to help you and give you hope.
      If you are itchy and inquisitive then read everything. It's for you as well too by the way.

  • @misterLi333
    @misterLi333 18 днів тому +16

    This survey is flawed, "3000 Singaporeans and Permanent Residents" in this survey.
    Why the need to include the PR's? How many Singaporeans and how many PR's?
    Maybe the overall percentage could be higher than 40% if survey all Singaporeans only.

  • @martindawn934
    @martindawn934 18 днів тому +3

    More than two in five Singaporeans believe they will never achieve financial freedom, citing insufficient income, unforeseen expenses, and job insecurity. Singlife’s survey reveals that it could take 30 years to reach financial independence, up from 27 years last year, amid rising costs and inflation.

  • @TheTinyRedDot
    @TheTinyRedDot 17 днів тому +4

    They forgot to survey 1 year olds and 5 year olds

  • @christyhilton1919
    @christyhilton1919 18 днів тому +25

    How come asked 18 years old for survey. Appropriate age should be 50 years old and above. Don't make sense.

    • @JohnnyJohnJon83
      @JohnnyJohnJon83 17 днів тому +3

      I know many people aiming for FIRE by their 40s including myself .

    • @LonganLee
      @LonganLee 17 днів тому +2

      Cherry picking?

    • @marktn9851
      @marktn9851 17 днів тому +2

      If u only asked 40-50yo, the result might be 80% cannot reach FIRE.

    • @CattleFarmer667
      @CattleFarmer667 15 днів тому

      @@JohnnyJohnJon83 FIRE for what. Find a job wfh 3 days a week.

  • @warodomthamrongthanyawong691
    @warodomthamrongthanyawong691 17 днів тому +1

    Despite having one of the highest GDP per capita in the world, a very high percentage of population still feel financially insecure. Very high cost of living could be the culprit.

  • @jasonlim6060
    @jasonlim6060 17 днів тому +2

    Compared....
    A family of 4 with 2 school going kids with household income of SGD6000, owned a old hdb with 60 years lease left and had to grab for whole family to go out for a dinner.
    Versus.....
    A Malaysian family of 4 with 2 school going children with SGD4,000 (MYR13,000) monthly income, able to afford a freehold landed property and whole family able to afford owning 2 cars to go out for dinner.
    Which family has better quality of lives?

    • @father88888
      @father88888 17 днів тому +1

      in msia, salary is only RM6000 for whole family

    • @G2H_HellBringer
      @G2H_HellBringer 17 днів тому

      I'm going to go with the family depicted in the first paragraph because just the thought of crossing the damn border everyday to go to and fro sucks.

  • @ericleoww
    @ericleoww День тому

    It will be interesting if the government or opposition will comment on the findings of this survey.

  • @starsoffyre
    @starsoffyre 16 днів тому +1

    I can retire today and achieve financial freedom for the rest of my life...if I only live till next week

  • @CliffordLee-hh2hm
    @CliffordLee-hh2hm 13 днів тому

    Are you assured you can take out your CPF say 20 years down the road as medical cost skyrocket? Likely it will be locked further.

  • @64ytb
    @64ytb 17 днів тому +3

    Well, it all depends on how many desires one has. The more the desires, the more they have to work to maintain their lifestyles.
    We want so much, but we need so little. -Sri Chinmoy
    humans are like cows tied to a tree. The more the cow wants to move, the more suffocating he feels the rope around its neck. The more desires one has, the more suffocating one feels.
    Live for you wants or for your needs? Make you choice.
    There are people who buy so many things they don’t really need. 1 pair of feet but 5 pairs of shoes. Wasteful. Schools should teach children how to manage their financial.

    • @emedlearning9035
      @emedlearning9035 17 днів тому

      Exactly , life is simple and we only need the essentials

    • @Fan-zx1lz
      @Fan-zx1lz 11 днів тому

      ​@@emedlearning9035Yes for that also crazy High cost in countries like Australia, Canada and Even in india.

  • @VioletCandyz
    @VioletCandyz 17 днів тому +5

    In Singapore 500K can buy myself a HDB 4 room flat bto at mature estate. For that same 500K i can get myself a pool villa in thailand at a beach front. Financial freedom is bullshit is just we are living in the wrong country where the cost of living is ridiculous. If we reverse and compare ourselves to US for example their cost of living is even higher with many individuals in debt. The main reason is we are building other peoples dreams by working for them
    rather than our own.

    • @rjclue2630
      @rjclue2630 11 днів тому

      500k four bedroom apartment 😮 so cheap

  • @harivenkateshv6151
    @harivenkateshv6151 5 днів тому

    They were engaged in building the nation and maintaining it while others enjoyed it. Say like guest in five star hotel

  • @2-worlds-on-earth
    @2-worlds-on-earth 17 днів тому +11

    Of course, National Service took away 2 years of our men earning potential!!!!
    Government felt that the “peanuts” given to them every now and then are god-send is making a terrible mistake!!!
    It is TRULY PEANUTS!
    Give all our NSmen at least subsidize $200,000 in today’s money when they purchase their first HDB flat!!!!!

    • @HuiYingHong-b8q
      @HuiYingHong-b8q 16 днів тому

      But but bit feminist will complain about gender inequality why women don't have such subsidy when only men have

  • @hawaiianpizza7
    @hawaiianpizza7 17 днів тому +1

    definitely because now everyone stretching finances, buying the most expensive stuff, spending beyond their means, definitely hard to even save yourself from emergency, much less talking about "freedom".

  • @icechoco_03
    @icechoco_03 4 дні тому

    If even Singaporeans don’t believe in getting financial freedom, idk how the rest of SEA gonna survive

  • @mjmf1430
    @mjmf1430 17 днів тому

    According to the survey, "financial freedom" means the ability to lead a desired lifestyle without worry (21 per cent); free from debt obligations (19 per cent); having stable work to support lifestyle (12 per cent); and the ability to spend freely (10 per cent). The survey didn’t ask how many can retire comfortably without working. Hence I think the majority of Singaporean (80+%) could not be able to retire using this "universal" definition of retirement without work and by only living of their savings, pensions and investments.

  • @MyHanck
    @MyHanck 17 днів тому +2

    What is financial freedom?😊

  • @martinbrock713
    @martinbrock713 18 днів тому +8

    unforeseen expenses (38 per cent), job insecurity (32 per cent), and debt repayment burdens (28 per cent).

    • @jer2911.L
      @jer2911.L 18 днів тому +2

      @martinbrock713 SG can be considered good. More than 60% of the world's population will never be able to achieve financial freedom. It's worse in under developed countries.

    • @LawrenceWank
      @LawrenceWank 18 днів тому +2

      PAP created all these problems. Rise in GST, uncontrolled influx of immigrants, and overpriced HDB prices.

    • @toisenwon5000
      @toisenwon5000 17 днів тому +1

      I don't know what is this prof talking about. It just give me the the impression it's a 50/50 chance, either you strike toto or you don't. Either you win back the two grc or you lose two more grc.

    • @jasonlim6060
      @jasonlim6060 17 днів тому +2

      ​@@toisenwon5000Very likely he is also an FT, where had benefitted from the no quota CECA agreement that brought him here to earn his wealth of millions of dollars. So he cannot comment bad about policies here.

    • @toisenwon5000
      @toisenwon5000 17 днів тому

      @@jasonlim6060
      Indeed. A political party that insisted on hearing the good things immediately.

  • @malgudidays3311
    @malgudidays3311 17 днів тому

    @LawrenceWank since you say PAP is the problem, then the people should remove the problem. What is the alternative? Perhaps you can elaborate.

  • @winks12
    @winks12 17 днів тому +3

    Not surprising though the survey should have excluded PRs given that the govt has granted exponentially number of PRs. Seriously which sane govt would decide to impose gst hikes amid the accelerated inflation. Yet the govt decided to roll out consecutive hikes in gst which also exacerbated the overall cost of living. Not forgetting medical bills are exorbitantly high in SG. And with the skyrocketing property prices and smaller housing, in addition to rising costs of everything else and reduced job security from the influx of foreigners with easy access to become permanent residents, living in Singapore is just getting increasingly suffocating.

  • @txv611
    @txv611 16 днів тому +1

    How to? Yr hdb can easily cost over 1 million now...Yr toyota almost 200k. Your bakchor mee will be 10 bucks in 2 years time

  • @TrainingAccount-j1x
    @TrainingAccount-j1x 17 днів тому

    1 out of 4 persons in Singapore are financially free, that is not out of the norm compared to other developed economies. In Australia, only 38% of Australians have enough savings to cover their basic living expenses for at least three months according to studies. Over in Japan, 63.2 percent of respondents said they do not feel financially secure.

  • @muhammadmustaqiim18
    @muhammadmustaqiim18 17 днів тому +16

    With Singapore's high cost of living and always giving more opportunities to foreigners to turn Singapore into a Business Capitalist City, local citizens will never achieve financial freedom. You keep on voting for the PAP, the Lee Kuan Yew Dynasty will always benefit from it. Lee Kuan Yew's vision is not for the poor or mentally ill, it's for the rich and famous lifestyle hence more citizens are migrating out while they import western 'expats' and asian 'foreign workers'.

    • @dancingnachos3634
      @dancingnachos3634 17 днів тому

      So people are not happy here they are also moving out right?

    • @leanne2330
      @leanne2330 17 днів тому +1

      This is only true, what resource do we have here? So those dun like Malaysia, they move here. Those who can't stand Singapore, move upwards across the Straits to find happiness and live in comfort.

    • @JojoJoget
      @JojoJoget 17 днів тому

      Basically becomes the world’s laundering butthole

    • @muhammadmustaqiim18
      @muhammadmustaqiim18 17 днів тому +1

      ​@@dancingnachos3634 if you are not happy in Singapore, leave. Vice versa for those in their own countries who are not happy in their countries, the leave. Opportunities are everywhere. This is what capitalism does to you. It segregates you through different social classes. The rice lives amongst the rich, the poor lives amongst the poor. If you are poor in Singapore, you can be rich elsewhere outside of Singapore. Think about my there are Singaporeans who renounce their citizenship to get back their CPF or sell their houses to live elsewhere that matches their needs.

    • @muhammadmustaqiim18
      @muhammadmustaqiim18 17 днів тому +1

      ​@@leanne2330Singapore has no natural resources which is why they depend on 'human' resources. They tax you dry through CPF, import taxes and hefty fines. They will keep on taxing you especially through business taxes and other mandatory citizen taxes and if they fail to tax you, they will welcome foreigners who can contribute to their needs. Singapore is an example of a perfect capitalist society. The rich gets richer and the poor gets poorer.

  • @martinarchie2902
    @martinarchie2902 18 днів тому

    although Jamus added that the rationale behind the arguments is that curbing welfare prevents a dependency mindset and that day-to-day living in Singapore is essentially affordable.

  • @martinarchie2902
    @martinarchie2902 18 днів тому +1

    when it comes to attitudes and mindsets about welfare, calling state support for the poor “remarkably limited”,

  • @ivangim1
    @ivangim1 17 днів тому +6

    One viable solution. Get out. Stay out. Work your way out there. Make your mark. The opportunities are vast. Do not liquidate everything you have here. You are still considered a foreigner in a foreign land no matter how long you’ve lived there.

    • @LonganLee
      @LonganLee 17 днів тому

      Even illegal workers stealing delivery work from citizens desperate enough to resort to food delivery risking their lives on the roads

    • @LonganLee
      @LonganLee 17 днів тому +1

      Is this a LIE if, and only if, someone says "inflation is coming down and food merchants are still selling at profiteering prices"

  • @joshau2346
    @joshau2346 17 днів тому +1

    meanwhile ppl in Indonesia cant afford a house or buy milk for their kids

  • @leslielim2360
    @leslielim2360 17 днів тому

    Imho:
    The survey did not factor-in 1 very important point. The 'Prospect Theory' or 'Loss Aversion' Theory.
    The majority of us out there know how to become financially independent, but very few can realise this goal. Not everyone is able to take similar risks. Time in the market and not timing the market is critical.

  • @liamporter1137
    @liamporter1137 17 днів тому +9

    PAP has failed Singaporeans to curb the drastic increase in property prices for the last few years. The cooling measures are too little too late. COVID is just an excuse for their incompetent. Living cost in Singapore is too high and quality of life is lower than other countries where big house and car are so achievable. Furthermore, in these countries, you own the house unlike 99 years leasehold in Singapore where one don't own the house but like renting one. But majority of people don't realize that as they don't venture out of Singapore and continue with the rat race.

    • @muhammadmustaqiim18
      @muhammadmustaqiim18 17 днів тому +2

      I agree. If you don't travel out of Singapore, be a victim to the no freedom of speech and close mindedness, even you as Singaporeans will keep thinking Singapore is a 'safe' country. But safe for who? Safe to welcome rich foreign talents but not safe for the citizens. There is no room for the poor and mentally challenged citizens. Millenials have to wake up and start voicing their opinions out because they saw drastic changes from the Kampong Spirit days to a Prison City or as the West calls it, 15 minutes City that Singapore is now.

    • @jj96432
      @jj96432 17 днів тому +1

      so will you complain about high property prices when it's your turn to flip your BTO? Think not

    • @jj96432
      @jj96432 17 днів тому

      @@muhammadmustaqiim18 you really think there's a country that values the poor and mentally challenged?

    • @jer2911.L
      @jer2911.L 17 днів тому

      All migrate to Malaysia and become second class citizens.

  • @martinbrock713
    @martinbrock713 18 днів тому

    According to the survey, 44 per cent of respondents expressed doubts about ever reaching financial freedom, citing major roadblocks such as insufficient income (53 per cent)

  • @eddietang8467
    @eddietang8467 16 днів тому

    Very SAD to hear this. We live, work hard, look forward to enjoy retirement life. But most feel will not be able to doing so.

  • @eleanoroh20
    @eleanoroh20 18 днів тому +6

    all these young generation want luxurious lifestyle of they set high price these peoples can't lead a simple life

    • @1965Singaporean
      @1965Singaporean 17 днів тому +3

      😂😂😂 my young colleagues almost every afternoon buy Starbucks. Average price of Starbucks is sgd7. Their one week Starbucks expenses can buy me 3x30 egg for my family a month. Yet the can complained to me no money to save up for housing 😂😂😂. They also frequently Jio me go Japan restaurant. No wonder always not enough money 😂😂😂

  • @diypromax
    @diypromax 18 днів тому +3

    As the saying goes: the people like to choose the pap party so let the people suffer.

  • @rnbullion9990
    @rnbullion9990 7 днів тому

    Did she say retire Australia?? where a plate of nasi lemak is $17?? What planet is this woman living in??

  • @diypromax
    @diypromax 18 днів тому +1

    What's important singapore became a multi-nation country, multi-nation-singapore so even with the saf soldiers also no use, it's the pap party mistakes and there's no way to u-turn back.

  • @martinarchie2902
    @martinarchie2902 18 днів тому

    although he added that the rationale behind the arguments is that curbing welfare prevents a dependency mindset and that day-to-day living in Singapore is essentially affordable.

    • @judewarner1536
      @judewarner1536 18 днів тому

      A dependency mindset is the result of experience of mostly having insufficient resources for day-to-day expenses and thus needing benefits. Is day-to-day living in Singapore actually affordable independent of actual income, age and experience or is this wishful thinking from someone who has never had to struggle?

  • @typoerror177
    @typoerror177 17 днів тому

    Wow, that means 60% think they will. That’s actually a very good number!

  • @hengcheonglow5791
    @hengcheonglow5791 17 днів тому

    Just make sure we'll be able to sell our old HDB according to market rate and with CPF people will believe good life ahead as a Singaporean.

  • @aliabdulkader3465
    @aliabdulkader3465 17 днів тому

    O.5mil. For 4rm bto,1mil for resale how to save.

  • @diypromax
    @diypromax 18 днів тому

    Surprisingly majority people said the people are the every day opposition people themselves.

  • @anfield0109
    @anfield0109 4 дні тому

    In SG, let’s be honest. The majority of us will be working till death.

  • @jt5276
    @jt5276 17 днів тому

    With such high inflationary pressures, the real income savings can not match the retirement requirements. Not to mention to reach financial freedom goals.

  • @darrenchia304
    @darrenchia304 18 днів тому +12

    stinkapore = pay and pay

  • @nicklee7002
    @nicklee7002 17 днів тому

    Permanent residents don't enjoy govt payouts and have reduced benefits; e.g. pay higher medical fees.
    New citizens actually benefited the most and some have assets in their motherland.

  • @martinbrock713
    @martinbrock713 18 днів тому

    The survey, conducted between April and June 2024 among 3,000 Singaporeans and permanent residents aged 18 to 65, also found that respondents believe they need approximately S$612,045 to feel financially free, an increase of 8 per cent from S$566,640 in 2023.

  • @jalanninjaqu
    @jalanninjaqu 17 днів тому

    Mau balik ke indo, rasanya betah bener di singapore. Gak mau pulang.

  • @revdna
    @revdna 18 днів тому

    is that so difficult to imagine when we have "Talents" to help

  • @harivenkateshv6151
    @harivenkateshv6151 5 днів тому

    While singapore passpot may be strong how many have money and reason to visit the places even if they do the other place is not better than singapore and same with Japan . Development and perfection comes at a price

  • @Wagmi0
    @Wagmi0 17 днів тому +1

    If everyone gonna retire early, then who gonna continue to work? Think about it. Our G not stupid la, 😂

  • @martinbrock713
    @martinbrock713 18 днів тому

    These challenges have contributed to a decline in the overall Financial Freedom Index score, which dropped to 58 out of 100 in 2024, down from 60 in 2023.

  • @martinarchie2902
    @martinarchie2902 18 днів тому

    “Singapore has vaulted up in the league table of per capita incomes worldwide, and as of this year, is expected to come in between 3rd and 5th.

  • @jasonlim6060
    @jasonlim6060 17 днів тому

    Just looked at a simple thing. 1 piece or ventolin inhaler can be bought across the border for less that SGD8. Yet, the same item here can only be purchased at pharmacy with a doctor's prescription. Imagine how much an asthma patient had to pay a doctor just to acquire a prescription to purchase 1 x ventolin inhaler at pharmacy that sells at SGD18, excluding cost of doctor's prescription. Why intentionally increased the cost for asthma patients?

    • @jj96432
      @jj96432 17 днів тому

      you die die want the branded ventolin brand of cos expensive la. Salbutamol inhaler is on SDL here in SG, 1 inhaler confirm less than $5

    • @jasonlim6060
      @jasonlim6060 17 днів тому

      @@jj96432 i am not sure about this other brand, is it also able to be bought over the counter in Singapore? As ventolin inhaler needed doctor's prescription before able to be purchase from the pharmacy?

    • @jj96432
      @jj96432 17 днів тому

      @@jasonlim6060 i think all public hospitals and clinics stock the generic brand

  • @leeaaron7856
    @leeaaron7856 17 днів тому

    Achieving Financial freedom isnt just a monetary aspect. More importantly, it is an emotional choice. The real issue is finding a higher purpose when you retire from your job that gives you the next phase of life after your working life. A lot of people missed the point and focussed on the monetary aspect. This is why many failed and returned back to work. CNA should have interviewed an experience life coach instead of this person. It is a lot deeper than what is being said. The 60% who were surveyed that they can be financially free, how many of them really do?

  • @cindyhow392
    @cindyhow392 6 днів тому

    With a JB house, we have achieved financial freedom

  • @antaeusguy
    @antaeusguy 16 днів тому

    what is the meaning of financial freedom? i mean, first of all, singapore is a small land. most people cannot afford landed and have to stay in condos/flat. by so, they are bounded by mortage/rent/maintenance cost. housing is one of the biggest cost in one's lifetime. in australia/nz/us, where land is big, people there achieved financial freedom by going small, living in tiny houses, downsizing, where they are free of mortages/rent/hassle of maintaining a big property. you can't do that in singapore. how are you going to get a mobile trailer and build a home and park it at some place and live there? so singaporeans had to spend their first half of life (1-50yo) accumulating wealth to get housing until it's fully paid off... so that leaves them with moderate or less amount of money to save for retirement...

  • @smw2896
    @smw2896 17 днів тому

    Would u have expected a poll run by an insurance company to tell otherwise?

  • @JojoJoget
    @JojoJoget 17 днів тому +3

    Thanks to the PAP

    • @gavinlew8273
      @gavinlew8273 17 днів тому +1

      Don't worry 70% will vote for the incumbents, falling for the same old tricks.

  • @MyMrGreedy
    @MyMrGreedy 10 днів тому

    90 %, come on, especially real estate and having a family.

  • @martinarchie2902
    @martinarchie2902 18 днів тому

    For a small city-state with no discernible natural resources, this is an incredible achievement,”

  • @pheunthai
    @pheunthai 17 днів тому

    O I think the figure is more like 90%. 9 out of 10 people I know after resigned to working for the rest of their lives.

  • @jimbaranresidence8
    @jimbaranresidence8 17 днів тому

    So wats tix 40% people pay and pay on their life?

  • @CoolGirl007
    @CoolGirl007 18 днів тому +1

    Single life is making the path much more easier

  • @nicklee7002
    @nicklee7002 17 днів тому +5

    New citizens should be excluded because they don't genuinely represent us as singaporeans.

  • @angsehping
    @angsehping 17 днів тому +8

    60.1% voted for this

    • @father88888
      @father88888 17 днів тому +4

      luckily....or else will b worse...

    • @TripCandy
      @TripCandy 17 днів тому +1

      and the other 39% want to vote to make our situation worst.

    • @dayend
      @dayend 17 днів тому

      Will it make any difference?😂😂😂

    • @JojoJoget
      @JojoJoget 17 днів тому

      @@father88888 if you knew it would be then you would be rich from TOTO, fact that you aren’t means you have no idea

    • @father88888
      @father88888 17 днів тому +1

      @@JojoJoget u shld tell the person who said 60% ppl voted for this....how he knows will b better if voted against ?

  • @NeroX-nh8se
    @NeroX-nh8se 17 днів тому

    40% is not shocking actually... People with diploma will have lower chances of finding a high paying job. With the current standard of living, they will take longer to save up. And in no way everyone can achieve financial freedom, that is pipe's dream.......

  • @anandpaulraj8094
    @anandpaulraj8094 14 днів тому

    Why is this surprising??

  • @Wy9083
    @Wy9083 17 днів тому

    Singapore always proclaimed themselves and the west as a very developed and super rich country. How come most of the working population cannot afford a good retirement?

  • @gotmyonu1027
    @gotmyonu1027 13 днів тому

    Thank you for the GST HIKES......

  • @Mari_Selalu_Berbuat_Kebaikan
    @Mari_Selalu_Berbuat_Kebaikan 17 днів тому

    Let's always do alot of good ❤
    Nam myoho renge kyo

  • @uropy
    @uropy 17 днів тому

    Is HDB and hawker center is fine, then most Singaporean can achieve financial freedom. If western lifestyle is the goal, then another thing

  • @anasqai
    @anasqai 18 днів тому

    If they repent from kidnapping(the 20+ years) and pay penalty - financial freedom is nothing, they spent on cars, investing for around close age to look more powerful, but wanting to create discipline(a reason to injure) and whatever statements like a bullying. Saving-statement to profile as causer of pain also exist.

  • @lray7000
    @lray7000 14 днів тому

    Not surprised as its only a small island without natural resources and relying heavily on its currency strength to survive.. matter of time it will become another HK

  • @LawrenceWank
    @LawrenceWank 18 днів тому +13

    40% of Singaporeans should not vote PAP or you'll certainly never achieve financial freedom. Vote for opposition instead. While it may not guarantee you achieving financial freedom, but more opposition MPs ensure greater chance of impasse in Parliament. At present, PAP is your main problem and obstacle. The lesser opportunity for PAP to act in Parliament would mean lesser problem for Singaporeans.

    • @conan2209
      @conan2209 17 днів тому +3

      You’re wrong. Best is to have NO government , open up reserves, give ALL monies to Singaporeans. Who really cares if Singapore will exist in 10 years time or if future Singaporeans can survive in this world.

    • @JohnnyJohnJon83
      @JohnnyJohnJon83 17 днів тому +3

      One should never rely on the government to achieve financial freedom.

    • @conan2209
      @conan2209 17 днів тому +4

      @@JohnnyJohnJon83 exactly. Yet so many are doing nothing for themselves and instead, find the easy way out by blaming everyone else for their failures

    • @JustinKiddin
      @JustinKiddin 17 днів тому +1

      Opposition can give us a better life? How ah? By lying in parliament?

    • @conan2209
      @conan2209 17 днів тому +1

      @@JustinKiddin cos their dream is that oppy will unlock reserves and distribute everything to them

  • @antonette2113
    @antonette2113 17 днів тому

    ...so there's nothing good about living in Singapore!...if u can't achieve financial freedom! Singapore is a Foreigners dream , a richman's land! while true Singaporeans struggle througout their lifes!!

  • @CattleFarmer667
    @CattleFarmer667 17 днів тому

    Those 40% who cannot achieve financial freedom, how many carry iPhone?

  • @martinarchie2902
    @martinarchie2902 18 днів тому

    high inflation has lowered the purchasing power of incomes, and unless you’ve money set aside in special savings accounts, CPF rates haven’t kept up, making you permanently poorer.”

  • @CheeKiatTeo
    @CheeKiatTeo 9 днів тому

    Just lower your standards and we can retire!

  • @John-vm7fq
    @John-vm7fq 16 днів тому

    40% ? Only?

  • @judewarner1536
    @judewarner1536 18 днів тому

    There's a lot of thinking and believing going on here. Are there no national statistics on the percentage actually reaching financial freedom at retirement?
    Presumably, any retired person receiving means-tested benefits does not have financial independence, so that number should be readily available. With that information, people should not need to think or believe anything... they would know what their retirement was probably going to look like, based on a predictable outcome.

  • @Jon-bf2rs
    @Jon-bf2rs 17 днів тому

    HDB flat at SGD 1 million dollars will be a norm in 5-10 years' time. How to buy for normal people??

    • @anglo-saxonconnor817
      @anglo-saxonconnor817 17 днів тому

      That is resale flats lah. You will be fine as long as you don't sell your houses for quick cash and speculations purposes. And no pity for those who do so and got their hands burned in the process.

    • @Jon-bf2rs
      @Jon-bf2rs 17 днів тому

      @@anglo-saxonconnor817 BTO flats cost at least $500k

    • @anglo-saxonconnor817
      @anglo-saxonconnor817 17 днів тому

      Half a million for 5 room flats at good districts. Those who want it they can still somehow secured and finished paying for it using minimal cash payments within the 25 years repayment timeframe.
      Condos cost even more actually.
      I get your point but I still need to point it out it's still achievable and people are still going to get these houses whether they have the means to or not. That's the annoying thing about life.
      The good old days and golden age of Singapore is long gone already and the pap won't be able to make it come back again anymore. Try to get used to it and cheer up 😉
      I'm not your enemy ah. I don't like pap one. Lol

    • @anglo-saxonconnor817
      @anglo-saxonconnor817 17 днів тому

      The housing game. Sigh. Lol
      So hard to play it right and so pointless to play it in the first place to begin with.
      In the beginning it is simple. Buy. Upgrade. Push the price tag up and let the new generations to take over the mess.
      Now even worse. Private owners cash out and downgrade while HDB owners try to upgrade. It's like a merry go round. And before people know it they spend almost a lifetime transiting between these two predicaments trying to chase their material dream in Singapore.
      I?
      Buy. Live. Stay put.
      Then inherit houses. Cash out a few of them and live however and wherever I want. All without breaking into a sweat and losing my hair in the entire process.
      I won't play this game if it is too tough. But unfortunately alot of people will still want to play it even without the luck and ability in life.

    • @Jon-bf2rs
      @Jon-bf2rs 17 днів тому +1

      @@anglo-saxonconnor817 Go overseas buy a plot of land hire someone build your own house less than 100k

  • @judekm6032
    @judekm6032 17 днів тому

    once take loan, forever paying back, slowly.

  • @ocswoodlands
    @ocswoodlands 18 днів тому

    1:43 and you havent accounted for a 5% probability of having a special needs child who can easily cost above $1m in ligetime care costs...

  • @Latitube
    @Latitube 12 днів тому

    $600k not going to achieve financial freedom.

  • @frktrader03
    @frktrader03 12 днів тому

    FIN. FREE IS IMPOSSIBLE IN SINGAPORE ! IN 9 TO 5 JOB !

  • @father88888
    @father88888 17 днів тому

    due to rapidly ageing society, more ppl like to complain, nag, argue abt everything....

  • @chuangki1
    @chuangki1 17 днів тому +1

    You have easy solution: move to Malaysia

    • @anglo-saxonconnor817
      @anglo-saxonconnor817 17 днів тому +1

      You will need to settle cpf minimum sum requirement as well have enough to put into Malaysia my second home scheme before you can live in Malaysia in peace and style otherwise you will still struggle. So it is not as easy as people make it out to be.
      The good and safe way to live in Malaysia is you still have an asset and drawout in Singapore. That way if Malaysia policies yoyo you won't be screwed.
      The dangerous and unwise way to live in Malaysia is you cash out everything you have in Singapore and live in Malaysia. Anything happen to you you will be left with no options in life at all.

    • @tankman20064
      @tankman20064 17 днів тому

      ​@@anglo-saxonconnor817😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. Rent your HDB out. Go malaysia. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @anglo-saxonconnor817
      @anglo-saxonconnor817 17 днів тому

      Even if you rent out your HDB you can't properly stay in Malaysia for a prolonged period of time. Once your travel visa is expired you will have to travel in and out again. Meaning you will be confined to the border areas of sg and Johore.
      The ibs are correct about one thing on me. I am a expert in overseas fine living.

  • @eddyr1041
    @eddyr1041 18 днів тому

    Swesome report

  • @louistan7560
    @louistan7560 18 днів тому

    What is financial freedom? What is the extent of the limit?